One of Mile End’s sandwiches is called the Beauty: gravlax, with tomatoes, onions and capers.
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Mile End’s Ruth Wilensky sandwich is an homage to — some might say a copy of — a famous Montreal sandwich, the Wilensky’s Special: salami and mustard pressed between griddled halves of an onion roll. Asking for “no mustard” costs 10 cents extra.
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Kenny & Zuke’s in Portland, Ore., is part of a wave of new delis remaking the traditional Jewish deli, bringing a high set of culinary standards to once-plebeian food. For its pastrami and chopped-liver sandwich, Kenny & Zuke’s smokes the pastrami over hardwood, a practice found at only a handful of delis in the country. The sandwich also comes with coleslaw and Russian dressing.
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A springtime “hash” of local asparagus and mushrooms, topped with a poached egg, at Watts Grocery, a restaurant near the Duke campus.
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A popular order at Neal’s Deli is the Manhattan, made with pastrami, Swiss cheese, coleslaw and Russian dressing on rye bread.
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At Neal’s Deli, the pastrami is made in a refrigerator-size smoker, served up with sides like vinegar-softened coleslaw and local beets spiked with horseradish.
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Cupcakes from DaisyCakes, with meringue buttercream frosting.
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Cornmeal butter cakes with strawberries and homemade ice cream, at Watts Grocery. Ms. Tornquist’s family has lived in North Carolina for more than 300 years.
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The pastrami comes from Dickson’s Farmstand Meat, the Chelsea Market butcher. Sandwiches are served on sheets of butcher paper placed right on the table. @ Iris Cafe
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A tuna sandwich on ciabatta. Bakeri makes its own bread, simmers its own jam and even churns its own butter.
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The buttery ham and Cheddar biscuits, which can be served with a soft-boiled egg. (Eggs, from Feather Ridge Farm in the Hudson Valley, are sold by the dozen in a tiny “store,” which is really just a cupboard and half a deli case.) The coffee is made with beans from Stumptown Coffee Roasters. @ Iris Cafe
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Mile End’s bagels are brought down weekly from montreal.
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